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CONFORMATION AND ITS DEFECTS 



Defects. 



Too voluminous head 

 Head too common 



Neck too short 



Withers thick and fleshy 



Withers low ... 



Back long and sway -backed ... 



Back short and narrow 

 Loins long 



Chest narrow ... 



Chest scarcely low enough ... 

 Abdomen very voluminous ... 



Greyhound abdomen ... 



Breast rather narrow ... 



Breast somewhat wide 



Shoulder short 



Shoulder straight 



Arm short and too straight ... 



Forearm a little short 



Forearm slender 



Canon long and slender, tendons weak 



Croup a little .short ... 



Croup a little oblique 

 Croup a little narrow 

 Croup too horizontal ... 

 Thigh too straight 



Corresponding Compensations. 



Neck rather short, well-muscled. 



Ears well-placed, eyes expressive, physiognomy 

 bright. 



Head light, well - attached, withers prominent, 

 shoulder beautiful. 



High in front, beautiful shoulder and good axes in 

 fi'ont. 



Hind-quarters powerful, fore-quarters light, good 

 equilibrium, members strong. 



Croup strong, body muscular, loins short, well- 

 attached; abdomen small. 



Chest high and long. 



Body well-muscled, loins well-attached, ribs very pro- 

 jecting behind; croup oblique; shoulder beautiful, 

 fore-quarters light. 



Ribs long, very projecting backward; intercostal 

 spaces wide. 



Chest wide and long. 



Body short and strong, well-supported ; flanks short, 

 chest spacious, members strong. 



Good condition, good appetite, firm, dense muscles, 

 but not too nervous a temperament. 



Chest spacious, muscles dense, energetic, good 

 anterior equilibrium. 



Body of rather small volume, gaits easy, not rock- 

 ing, strong members. 



High in front, withers prominent, neck long, 

 shoulder oblique and muscular, arm long. 



Body short, hind-quarters powerful, withers pro- 

 longed backward and high, neck long and stiaight. 



Shoulder long, oblique, muscular, beautiful neck 

 and withers, good equilibrium. 



Beautiful shoulder, arm long, humero-radial angle 

 large, forearm muscular. 



Shoulder and arm muscular, canon short, tendons 

 well-detached, good anterioi- axes. 



Forearm wide, thick, muscular; members solid, 

 muscular, good axes, neck well-carried, head light, 

 high in front. 



Thigh rather low down, muscular, rather straight; 

 loins short, supported, well-attached, fore-quarters 

 light, hocks good. 



Ischium straightened, thigh inclined, hocks good, 

 axes regular, tail well-attached, croup long. 



Croup long, with sides inclined, muscular loins well- 

 attached. 



Thigh long, little inclined, muscular; leg long, good 

 axes, body a little long to avoid forging. 



Croup horizontal, leg long, inclined; good equi- 

 lil Ilium. 



